Vietnamese people in Finland

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Vietnamese people in Finland
Người Việt tại Phần Lan
Suomen vietnamilaiset
Total population
  • 12,051[1]
  • 5,630 Vietnamese citizens[2]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, and Tampere[3]
Languages
Vietnamese, Finnish, Swedish
Religion
Vietnamese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism[4] and Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Vietnamese people in Norway and other overseas Vietnamese

Vietnamese people in Finland (Vietnamese: Người Việt tại Phần Lan; Finnish: Suomen vietnamilaiset) form one of the country's largest groups of Southeast Asian people. According to Statistics Finland, in 2017 there are 10,817 people with a Vietnamese background, 9,872 people whose mother tongue is Vietnamese,[5] 8,012 people who have been born in Vietnam, and 5,603 people with Vietnamese citizenship[2] residing in Finland. The Vietnamese-Finnish community includes both ethnic Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese.[6]

Demographics[edit]

Vietnamese people by Municipality in 2017[7]
No. Municipality Vietnamese %
1. Helsinki 2,436 0.38
2. Vantaa 1,620 0.74
3. Espoo 1,128 0.41
4. Turku 741 0.39
5. Tampere 522 0.22

Religion[edit]

The majority of the Vietnamese in Finland are Mahayana Buddhist, with a 12% Christian minority.[citation needed]

Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Population 31.12. by Area, Background country, Sex, Year and Information-Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat". Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  2. ^ a b Statistics Finland (2008-04-24). "Foreigners in Finland". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  3. ^ Kosonen 2008, p. 14
  4. ^ Chùa của người Việt ở Phần Lan bị đốt Archived May 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Ngôi chùa Việt đầu tiên ở Phần Lan Archived January 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Statistics Finland (2008-03-28). "The largest foreign-language groups 1997 and 2007". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  6. ^ Kosonen 2008, p. 15
  7. ^ [1][dead link]

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